On 11/10/02 1:50 PM, "Allan J Horwitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there -- I'm relatively new to LINUX (I have RedHat 8.0 on my system) > and I just downloaded MySQL-GUI and can't seem to get it working. It > keeps telling me that it cannot connect through the socket (111). Can > someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I tried to set the path using a > shell program in /etc/profile.d/mysqlgui.sh and I even exported the > value of PATH. At present, my version of MySQL-GUI is in > /usr/local/mysqlgui. Any help would be appreciated. I believe MySQL-GUI tried by default to connect to the mysql server (mysqld) running on localhost using the socket connection (as supposed to tcp/ip ). The error message you are getting seems to indicate that your computer does not run mysqld. Check out here how to get it started: <http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/Automatic_start.html> /h --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php